Free Press Summer Fest is this weekend (June 4-5, 2011) in Houston’s Eleanor Tinsley Park. The fine folks at Summer Fest have really outdone themselves this year, as evidenced by the list on the graphic below. Get your passes to Summer Fest 2011 at www.freepresssummerfest.com. While you’re there, be sure to get your “blind” passes [...]

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I first met Houston musician Robert Ellis when I was the “audience of one” for episode 8 of Live From Sugar Hill. I was already a fan, having digested Ellis’ The Great Rearranger and catching several live performances. We talked briefly about local music and clubs after his set performing with Chase Hamblin, and I [...]

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Houston electro-pop band Glasnost has built up quite a fanbase over the past few years. So it’s no surprise the band will bring songs from it latest release, Corridor, to Free Press Summer Fest III, which is this weekend at Eleanor Tinsley Park. Visit Glasnost online on Facebook. Listen to their music on Soundcloud. Here’s [...]

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“Communist action comedy punk superstars” Commie Hilfiger brings its unique show to this year’s Free Press Summer Fest, which runs this weekend (June 4-5, 2011) in Houston’s Eleanor Tinsley Park on the edge of downtown. Commie Hilfiger plays at Free Press Summer Fest on Sunday, 6.5.11, at 3:35pm on the Warehouse Live stage. Find out [...]

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I recently wrote an article about Free Press Summer Fest for the new issue (Summer 2011) of Downtown Houston magazine, which you can pick up around the downtown area. The article includes an interview with festival organizers Omar Afra and Jagi Katial. Or, you can view it online here. The article begins on page 16. [...]

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Former Houstonian (now New York-based) Arthur Yoria plays Summer Fest this year. He also plays tonight (Thursday, 5.26.11) in Houston at Fitzgerald’s and tomorrow (Friday, 5.27.11) at Fox Hollow. Yoria plays at Summer Fest on Sunday, 6.5.11, at 12:05pm on the 29-95.com stage. Visit Yoria online at www.arthuryoria.com. Here’s a cool video of Yoria live: [...]

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The Binarium Sound Series is now being held at 14 Pews, located at 800 Aurora St. in Houston. The show will now take place from 7-10pm, the last Sunday of each month, and will feature 3-4 acts a night. This Sunday’s line-up (5.29.11) is Neutronium, Thomas Helton’s Core Trio, a combo featuring Robert Pearson (keyboard), [...]

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Azure Ray’s Maria Taylor is among the national acts playing this year’s Free Press Summer Fest. She has a new album (Overlook, her fourth solo release) due in August on respected indie label Saddle Creek and will have a sampler available at Summer Fest. Also, you can find out more information and hear new music [...]

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Killing Joke is a band that I, like a lot of people my age, first heard in the movie Weird Science (the song “Eighties,” of course). Night Time is one of my favorite albums from that era, and I still listen to it often. But Killing Joke, quite honestly, is a band I never paid [...]

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Entertainment writer Andrew Dansby wrote a nice article on Bob Dylan in the Houston Chronicle. Check it outline here.

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